Master Thesis

        Title: 

 Laparoscope tracking system and evaluation of 3D shape from polarization in MIS surgery

Laparoscopic Surgery

About the Mater Thesis

The Master Thesis is the last semester of the MSc Vision Systems and Robotics (VIBOT), which high quality is recognized by the European Union. The program is held by the Université de Bourgogne (France), Universitat de Girona (Spain) and Heriot Watt University (Edinburgh). The master includes specific application fields, focusing on medical imaging, quality control, image understanding, control navigation and autonomous robots. 

The 4th semester Master Thesis is in the following topic.

"Acquisition and characterization of laparoscopic surgical gesture using a camera network and use of polarimetric camera in laparoscopic surgery"

Its the effort combination between ISIT ALCOV (Université de Auvergne) and LE2I (Université de Bourgogne), with the supervision of Dr. Adrien Bartoli and Dr. Olivier Morel.

Laparoscopic surgery

Nowadays the importance of minimally invasive surgery is evident, for instance in the US more than 2,000,000 procedures are using this technique per year. In the area of Gynecology some procedures are reporting more than 50% usage compared with open surgery. 

For the surgeons, the environment is considerably different from open surgery, and requires new abilities to work with the tools and using the visual information provided by the laparoscopic camera. The medical practitioners during its formation need to develop skills and knowledge using laparoscope in a cost-effective model of surgical evaluation. The Centre International de Chirurgie Endoscopique, in Clermont Ferrand, impart the Gynecological Endoscopy Training course, which is part of the French obstetrics and gynecology residency curricula by the Residency Review Committee of the College National des Gynécologues et Obstétriciens.

Laparoscopic Surgery training setup

Polarization camera in laparoscopic surgery

Last update

April 13, 2012